At a request from Russia, the UN Security Council made the Nord Stream explosions an issue. While Moscow claims to already know the saboteurs, Germany, Denmark and Sweden refer to ongoing investigations in letters.
At the request of Russia, the UN Security Council is to deal with the explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 Baltic Sea pipelines. According to diplomats, a vote is not initially planned. The Russian draft resolution calls for an international investigation - led by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. A diplomat said Russia is expected to push for a vote in the coming days. Tuesday's meeting is expected to take place late in the evening.
According to Moscow, the explosions in September 2022, classified as sabotage, were directed against Russia and Germany. The Kremlin accused the US of carrying out the attack. There is no evidence of US involvement. For days, however, Russian politicians have been working on unsubstantiated claims by US journalist Seymour Hersh, who, citing a single anonymous source, wrote that US Navy divers were responsible for the explosions in the Baltic Sea. The White House dismissed the report as fabrication.
Russia's draft resolution also mentions that the attack took place after "repeated threats" from the US leadership. Initially, there are no plans for Germany to take part in the meeting in New York and take the floor. However, the Federal Republic had written a letter to the Security Council together with Sweden and Denmark, emphasizing that the joint investigations of the three countries were continuing and that it was not possible to predict when they would be completed. The federal prosecutor's office is investigating the blasts.
The explosions had torn four leaks in the two pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 near the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm. Russia had shut down Nord Stream 1 at the time due to alleged technical problems. According to the Kremlin, the Nord Stream 2 line, which can still be used despite the damage, has not yet been approved by the German authorities.
